Sometimes, even the best of plans will occur to you when it is too late.

Life isn't fair," he said, in his undisguised voice, and for once the Baudelaire orphans agreed with every word the man said.

I like to think that I get better and better as a writer, but it seems pretty easy to me to slip on disguises of various people.

Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9.

For Beatrice- My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.

It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.

The last safe place is safe no more.